Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an ex gratia of five lakh for the bereaved families following the electrocution incident of Barabanki, which happened at 2 am today.
His offices` `X` account also shared a post that said the CM expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in the unfortunate accident in Barabanki`s temple, reported ANI.
The post read, “Chief Minister Adityanath has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in an unfortunate accident at the Shri Avsaneshwar Mahadev Temple premises in Barabanki district and extended his condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased.”
“The Chief Minister has directed the district administration officials to expedite the proper treatment of the injured and relief operations. He has prayed to Lord Mahadev, the Supreme Deity, to grant salvation to the departed souls and a speedy recovery to the injured,” the post further added.
Two people have died and over 30 others injured in a stampede-like situation after an electric wire fell on a tin shed, causing many people to come in contact with the live wire at a temple in Uttar Pradesh`s Barabanki early on Monday morning, reported ANI.
The incident occurred at 2:30 a.m. at the Awsaneshwar Mahadev temple, where devotees had gathered for darshan on the third Monday of the holy month of Sawan. The injured were promptly taken to the Community Health Centres in Haidergarh and Trivediganj for treatment.
“The incident happened in the Awsaneshwar temple at around 2-2.30 am. Some people came in contact with electric wires, which caused panic. A total of 29 people were brought to the Community Health Centre in Haidergarh. One of them was referred to the district hospital. His condition is out of danger. Nine people were taken to the community health centre Trivediganj, out of which two were brought dead and the remaining seven are out of danger,” Chief Medical Officer Awadhesh Prasad said, reported ANI.
“There were six more injured, who were taken to the community health centre… All have been discharged,” he added.
District Magistrate Shashank Tripathi and Superintendent of Police Arpit Vijayvargiya reached the temple premises along with senior officers, reported ANI.
DM Tripathi said, “Devotees came to Ausaneshwar Mahadev temple to offer prayers on Monday of the `saavan` month. The electric wire broke and fell on the shed. Around 19 people were injured by electric shocks. The injured were taken to Haidergarh and Trivediganj Community Health Centre. Two people are in a critical situation and have been referred to the District Hospital…The law and order situation is normal here.”
Along with humans, animals were also in danger of losing their lives. Some monkeys jumped onto the overhead electric wires, causing them to fall onto the tin shed. Some of those injured were taken to the Trivediganj Community Health Centre, while a few others were referred to a higher medical facility due to their critical condition, as reported by ANI.
(Inputs from ANI)